Re: Just For Today - my affirmation

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Nice one! Thanks for posting it. Leanne.

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> Just For Today!

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>

> 1. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham

> Lincoln said is true, that " most folks are about as happy as they

make

> up their minds to be. " Happiness is from within; it is not a matter

> of externals.

>

> 2. Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not

try

> to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my

> business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.

>

> 3. Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it,

> care for it, nourish it, not abuse nor neglect it, so that it will

be

> a perfect machine for my bidding.

>

> 4. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn

> something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read

> something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

>

> 5. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will

do

> somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two

> things I don't want to do as suggests, just for

exercise.

>

> 6. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I

can,

> dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be

liberal

> with praise, criticize not at all, nor fault with anything and not

try

> to regulate nor improve anyone.

>

> 7. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to

> tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve

> hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.

>

> 8. Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I

> expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will

have

> it. It will eliminate two pests, hurry and indecision.

>

> 9. Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and

> relax. In this half hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to

get

> a little more perspective into my life.

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> 10. Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be

> afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to

> believe that those I love, love me.

>

> If we want to develop a mental attitude that will bring us peace and

> happiness, here is Rule #1:

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> Think and act cheerfully, and you will feel cheerful.

>

> Written by Sybyl F Partridge in 1916 and printed in

> " How To Stop Worrying, And Start Living " by Dale Carnegie, 1951

>